And what happens when all of these extra people try to watch the fireworks in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle?
And Islands of Adventure is not Universal Studios Florida, but the visitation pattern is one where they are treated as a singular destination. There is no reason that Disney’s California Adventure could not be built up to be a compelling destination that draws attendance that is far closer to that of Disneyland.
LOL, OK, this is now just getting tiring now. Guys don't kill the messenger. I didn't come up with the idea.
But DL is a very very popular theme park obviously. One that they want its attendance to only grow. DCA was actually meant to do that, but it stumbled out of the gate badly and it will never equal the popularity or demand the original park has.
The funny thing is we keep hearing DL can't be a local park (and I think it truly is....for literally these discussions.) But in order for it to draw more tourists the entire areas just needs to grow. Unfortunately we are not WDW, our options are limited. But clearly I'm talking to mostly locals who would show up 50 times a year if nothing changed in the park from 1990 on.
But for you to grab others, then yeah, you have to grow. I use to write entire essays about this on MC back in the day. But they want tourists like any place. They have us locals, right? We're going no matter what. But we're not the reason they are doing ANY of this. They have our money already, even when we moan about the place. They want the people who come and spend 2-3 days in the resort to eventually stay 4-5 days there. How do you do that with such a tiny footprint? Are tourists important or not?
Especially now that Disney is oddly competing with itself every year as it builds out more theme parks worldwide.